ngatata

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Kikuyu

Pronunciation

  • (Kiambu)
  • (Limuru) IPA(key): /ᵑɡàtátá/
As for Tonal Class,  Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bangiri, mũhĩrĩga, thakame, and so on.[1]

Noun

ngatata class 9/10 (plural ngatata)

  1. gnu, wildebeest[2][1]
    Synonym: ngati

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
  2. ^ Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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